LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police Command has arrested a former banker, Gift Igbinosun, 35, for allegedly defrauding John Nnamdi and Obasogie Osagieduwa of over N14.9m. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect who was sacked by her employer, a commercial bank, two years ago defrauded the victims under the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two teenagers for allegedly stealing a baby girl. The suspects, Hajara Usman (19) of Ishehi Hamlet and Ibrahim Usman ‘m’ aged 18 years of Dugurgama Hamlet, were said to have intruded into the mother’s apartment, who recently gave birth and went away with the newborn…
LAGOS JUL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old Beninoir father, Mr Pome Banda, and three others who allegedly lured a nine-year-old boy from Benin Republic for money ritual. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mr Ari Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos. Mohammed said in the process of their plans,…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old man, David Shodola, suspected to be mentally challenged, beheaded an 84-year-old man, Alfred Opadipe, on Friday in Iperu community, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun. Shodola also ended up dead as he was said to have violently resisted arrest and attacked police officers with a machete. SP Omotola Odutola,…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aphalanx of anti-graft operatives came under attack on Sunday night while executing a search warrant at the residence of Abdullahi Adamu, chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Gazette learnt. The agents from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrived around 8:00 p.m. at Mr Adamu’s house on Ali Akilu Crescent,…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 19-year old female POS operator, Ojuolape Adejoke, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly swindling her boss to the tune of N1.5m by diverting money from the POS machine to her mother. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Delight Business Centre located at Alhaja Idiat Toyin Oki…
LAGOS JULY 15TH *NEWRANGERS)_The Nigeria Police, Plateau State Command has arraigned one Dr Aniyi Williams and his wife Mrs Yinka Aniyi Williams for using a fake company name to commit crime of issuing visa and travel ticket to Canada and other European countries . According to the police, Dr Aniyi Williams registered an online organization…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A nanny who allegedly abducted her employer’s 3-year-old son in Abuja, has been arrested alongside her accomplices. LIB reported that the suspect disappeared with the child in the Gwarimpa area of the FCT at the weekend. In an update on Thursday morning, July 13, the boy’s uncle, Jesse Dan Yusuf, confirmed that…